This Is A Lesson Mankind Has Not

Never Take The Advice Of Someone Who Has Not Had Your Kind Of Trouble.

Parents - And Teachers Too - Are Woefully Short-sighted When They Try To Protect The Child From His Mistakes, When They Make The "right Answer" More Important Than The Quest For Knowledge And Good Judgment. For What Is Not Learned Within One's Self Cannot Be Learned From Another.

Confidence, Once Lost Or Betrayed, Can Never Be Restored Again To The Same Measure; And We Learn Too Late In Life That Our Acts Of Deception Are Irrevocable - They May Be Forgiven, But They Cannot Be Forgotten By Their Victims.

Patriotism Is Proud Of A Country's Virtues And Eager To Correct Its Deficiencies; It Also Acknowledges The Legitimate Patriotism Of Other Countries, With Their Own Specific Virtues. The Pride Of Nationalism, However, Trumpets Its Country's Virtues And Denies Its Deficiencies, While It Is Contemptuous Toward The Virtues Of Other Countries. It Wants To Be, And Proclaims Itself To Be, "the Greatest," But Greatness Is Not Required Of A Country; Only Goodness Is.

Intolerance Is The Most Socially Acceptable Form Of Egotism, For It Permits Us To Assume Superiority Without Personal Boasting.